Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2. Background: Encyclopaedias and the digital revolution.- 3. Wikipedia.- 4.The outside of cognitive capitalism understood through ideology analysis.- 5. Wikipedians’ views on their activities.-6. Complement or alternative to the commons’ outside?.- 7. The ideological formations take shape.

Promotional Information

"An outstanding, insightful and rigorous study." (Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster, UK) "A startling reminder of how capitalism today is part of even the most communally organized venture. Recommended reading!" (Jutta Haider, Lund University, Sweden) "This book explores, within an innovative and lucid framework, and through meticulous observations, the ideological work underpinning the real cognitive work done by Wikipedians." (Eran Fisher, The Open University of Israel)

About the Author

Arwid Lund is Lecturer at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University, Sweden. He holds a research fellowship at Westminster Institute of Advanced Studies, UK and is author of three books in Swedish.